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Driver May 27, 1926 AAA: Indianapolis 500: Qualifying After making contact with the turn four retaining wall, Herbert Jones's car shot across the track to the inside, tumbled and came to a stop upside down with Jones trapped inside. He sustained a fractured skull, [13] and died the following day. [14] Bill Spence: Driver May 30, 1929 AAA ...
Indianapolis Motor Speedway: Indianapolis 500: August Duesenberg: Duesenberg – Duesenberg SC: Race Ray Keech (USA) [24] June 15, 1929 AAA: Altoona Speedway: 200-mile race M. A. Yagle: Miller – Miller SC "Simplex Piston Ring" Race Joe Caccia (USA) [25] May 26, 1931 AAA: Indianapolis Motor Speedway: Indianapolis 500: Alvin Jones: Duesenberg ...
Honda, which had first arrived at Indianapolis in 1994, scored its long-anticipated first Indy 500 victory. An F2 tornado missed the Speedway and its quarter-million spectators by six miles as it raked across the south central portion of Indianapolis. The tornado caused widespread damage.
Another person was killed in the St. Louis Metropolitan area while the fifth fatality was northwest of Louisville, Kentucky in the Marengo area where 80% of the town was damaged or destroyed. In addition, an F2 tornado on May 30 affected portions of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Area just a few hours after the Indianapolis 500 was taking
He was A.J. Foyt, Mario Andretti and Al Unser before they were born. Jimmy Murphy was in midst of brilliant racing career when he died.
Unser, one of only four drivers to win the Indianapolis 500 a record four times, died Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, following years of health issues. He was 82. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler, File)
L. Herbert Jones (May 23, 1904 – May 28, 1926) was an American racing driver from Indianapolis. [1] Jones drove in the 1925 Indianapolis 500, [2] one of only 25 drivers in the field, but crashed on lap 69 and finished 19th. In 1926 Jones attempted to return to the race. However, he clipped the inside wall at the northwest turn on his second ...
Gil de Ferran, the 2003 Indianapolis 500 winner and holder of the closed-course land speed record, died Friday while racing with his son at The Concourse Club in Florida, multiple former ...